Author: Josiah Gilbert HollandPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 568
Book Description
Life of Abraham Lincoln
Author: Josiah Gilbert HollandPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 568
Book Description
Holland's Life of Abraham Lincoln
Author: Josiah Gilbert HollandPublisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803273030
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 588
Book Description
Soon after the assassination of President Lincoln in April 1865, newspaper editor Josiah Gilbert Holland traveled to Illinois to talk with people who had known Abraham Lincoln "back when." In 1866 Holland published the earliest full-scale life of the fallen leader. A great popular success, Holland's biography introduced American readers who were hungry for personal information about Lincoln's early life to some of the most famous and enduring Lincoln stories. From Holland the reader learned about Lincoln making restitution for a ruined book, the railsplitter earning his first silver dollar, the millhorse's kick to his head, the wrestling match with Jack Armstrong. Holland relayed homey stories about the young Illinois legislator and lawyer and poignant ones about the president during the dark days of the Civil War. Holland was one of the earliest biographers of Lincoln to insist that Lincoln had always opposed slavery and had planned consistently for emancipation. Most debatable, from the viewpoint of some later historians, Holland demonstrated that Lincoln was "eminently a Christian President." To understand the sixteenth president and the making of his public image, it is necessary to begin with Holland's Life of Abraham Lincoln. J. G. Holland (1819-1881) was editor-in-chief of the Springfield (Mass.) Republican and founder of Scribner's Monthly. Introducer Allen C. Guelzo is the author of The Crisis of the American Republic: A History of the Civil War and Reconstruction Era. He is Grace F. Kea Professor of American History and chair of the History Department at Eastern College in Pennsylvania.
Life of Abraham Lincoln
Author: Josiah Gilbert HollandPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 556
Book Description
Looking for Lincoln
Author: Philip B. KunhardtPublisher: Knopf
ISBN: 030726713X
Category : Presidents
Languages : en
Pages : 515
Book Description
In honor of the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth comes this sequel to the enormously successful "Lincoln: An Illustrated Biography." This work picks up where the previous book left off, and examines how the 16th president's legend came into being.
Life of Abraham Lincoln, by J. G. Holland.
Author: Josiah Gilbert HollandPublisher: Scholarly Pub Office Univ of
ISBN: 9781425561208
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 556
Book Description
Tad Lincoln's Father
Author: Julia Taft BaynePublisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803261914
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
To others, he was the American President, one of the most powerful men in the world, presiding over one of the most horrific wars in history. But to Julia Taft, he was Tad Lincoln's father. Invited to the White House to watch over her two brothers, who were playmates of the Lincolns' sons, Julia had an intimate perspective on the First Family's home life, which she describes with charm and candor in this book. A rare look behind the public facade of the great man, Julia's affectionate account of the Lincolns at home is rich with examples of the humor and love that held the family together and that helped the President endure the pressures of governing a nation divided. ø Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln often expressed their regret at not having a daughter of their own. Julia Taft thus enjoyed a special place in their lives, and her memoir reveals the warmth she elicited from the couple. She speaks of her initial fear of Lincoln?the towering, rough-and-tumble backwoodsman?who won her over with teasing, and of her relationship with Mary, who was never really accepted into Washington social life and took particular comfort in Julia's presence. ø A unique glimpse into the social life of the Lincoln White House, Julia Taft Bayne's memoir shows us the human drama played out daily behind the great pageant of history.
Bitter-sweet
Author: Josiah Gilbert HollandPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
The Soul of Abraham Lincoln
Author: William Eleazar BartonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Manuscripts
Languages : en
Pages : 389
Book Description
For Times of Trouble
Author: Jeffrey R. HollandPublisher:
ISBN: 9781609072711
Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
The author explores dozens of scriptural passages from the psalms, offering personal ideas and insights and sharing his testimony that "no matter what the trouble and trial of the day may be, we start and finish with the eternal truth that God is for us."--
Life of Abraham Lincoln: From His Birth to His Inauguration as President
Author: Ward LamonPublisher: Applewood Books
ISBN: 145850087X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 602
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